NEW YORK (AP) — Zuccotti Park has become a hub for more than Occupy Wall Street demonstrators. Visitors, curious to see protest in action, are regular arrivals.

On a typical day they clog the pedestrian traffic in the area, which is often bustling with financial district employees. Some take photographs of themselves, protesters and their signs in the background.

“I think it’s great — they’re trying to make a point,” said Shawn Lahey, a ruler factory worker from Poughkeepsie. But he added, “… I don’t think it’ll make any difference. … The government won’t make any changes, because it’s all about money.”

The protest against corporate influence and wealth inequality has many of the things tourists look for, even some trinkets. The T-shirts and buttons offered are generally free, but donations are accepted.

Violent police encounters in California last year led to the deaths of 157 people and six officers, the state attorney general’s office said Thursday in a report that provides the first statewide tally on police use-of-force incidents.

At 6:03 p.m. Wednesday, police responded to reports of the robbery at the facility, 2301 Bancroft way, and learned that a man who snuck into the facility and began prowling through the building, taking cell phones and wallets from victims.

Investigators’ efforts to solve the case led to the arrests of Pablo Mendoza, 25, of Hayward, Brandon Follings, 26, of Oakland and Valeria Boden, 26, of Alameda, the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday.